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No. s||,39n. Patented sept. 27, istat;` tt` PttINNEY.

CUOKING RANGE.

(Application led Aug'. 12, 1897.) (N o M o d e l .l

Amer errori@ HORATIO PI-IINNEY, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.

cooKme-RANGE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 611,390, dated September 27, 1898.

Application iiled August 12, 1897. Serial No. 648,074. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom, t may concern:

Be it known that I, HoRATro PHINNEY, of Providence, in the county of Providence and State of Rhode Island, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Cooking-Ranges; and I hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being -had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification` The invention has reference to an improvement in stoves or ranges in which two or more utensils are heated by one fire; and it consists in the peculiar and novel construction by which a spider subjected to the action of the lire is connected by means of V tubes with two or more vessels containing water, so that two or more articles of food may be cooked simultaneously.

In gas and oil stoves or ranges the articles toV be cooked are usually exposed to the direct action of the flame of the burner. Many artic-.les are injured by this direct action of the heat and are more wholesome when subjected to a much lower temperature and cooked more slowly.

The object of this invention is to construct a cooking-range so that while one vessel is exposed to the direct action of the llame one or more vessels will be heated by water circulating through tubes or pipes connecting the vessel with the spiderlocated over the burner, on which the vessel exposed to the direct action of the flame is supported, so that two or more vessels may be simultaneously heated from one burner.

I have elected to show my invention in the drawings as a complete cooking-range; but the invention may be applied to any gas, oil, or other c0okingrange.

Figure 1 is a top View of a cooking-range, showing my invention. t Fig. 2 is afront view of the cooking-range, shown partly in section. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view of the central chamber of the spider, showing ,the tubes connecting with the same.

In the drawings, a, indicates the frame or table forming the support; b, a burner for gas or oil; c, a hollow chamber forming the central part of the spider; d, an annular ring forming the outer rim of the flameopening, through which the flame of the burner rises; e e, tubes connected with the hollow chamber l c and radially extending therefrom beyond the annular rim d; f, a .portable kettle or other vessel resting on the spider and exposed to the action of the flame; f', a vessel resting on the raised support; f3, a water-tank; g g,

sels f and f2 and the water-tank; 71, h, valves controlling the circulation of the water in the P11365 Q g- To enable others skilled 1n the art to use my invention, I will now describe the operation of the same more fully.

The water is carried in the water-tank at a height sufficient to supply the vessels f and f2 with the desired height of water. The pipes g g are connected with the water-tank l f5 and with the vessels f and f2, so as to secure the liow of the water to the hollow chamber c and from the same into the tank or vessel. A kettle or other vessel is now placed on the spider, or, if desired, a cover may be placed on the same, so as to confine the flame from the burner b to act on the tubes e e and the central chamber c and heat the water in the same. By opening the valves h on the pipes `leading to one or all the vessels the heated water will flow to the same and cooler water will flow from them to the spider, consisting of the central chamber c and the tubes e e. The water inthe vessels soon reaches the boiling-point, and a vessel containing articles t'o be cooked, when placed into either of the vessels, will be subjected to a temperature equal to the temperature of vessels f' and f2, as well as the water-tank, are preferably closed by an ordinary cover to avoid loss of heat and vapors.

If the hot-water tank isnot required, a number of vessels, such as f and f2, may be connected with thecentrall chamber c, partially filled with water, and vessels containing food to be cooked or other matter to be boiled, and thus a number of such vessels may be heated from one burner or source of heat economically and without danger of being burned.

By extending one of the pipes connecting the spider with any one of the vessels to a point above the bottom of the vessel and terminating the other pipe at or near the bottom the circulation of the water through the pipes connecting the tubes e e with the vesthe water andwill be gradually cooked. The

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spideris increased. The spider beingformed of short pieces of straight pipes extending radially from the central chamber forms a substantial support for any vessel and the diftcult operation of bending the pipes into coils is avoided.

Having thus described my invention, I claim asnew and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. In a cooking-range, the combination with the burner, of a spider adapted to support a Vessel, said spider consisting of a hollow central chamber and a series of radially-disposed tubes, Vessels, and connections between the ends of the radially-disposed tubes of the spider and the vessels; whereby the flame from the burner is diverted laterally by the central chamber to impinge on the radiallydisposed tubes of the spider to heat the water of the Vessels connected with the spider, as described.

2. In a cooking-range, the combination with the table, a circular opening in the table, a burner below the table centrally below the circular opening, and Vessels supported on the table, of a spider adapted to form the support of a Vessel and consisting of a central hollow chamber and a series of radially-disposed tubes, tubes connecting the ends of the radially-disposed tubes with the Vessels, and Valves in the tubes; whereby the several vessels are connected with the central chamber by the radially-disposed tubes, and the water heated in the spider may be utilized in either one or all the vessels, as described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

I-IORATIO PHINNEY.

Witnesses:

J osEPH A. MILLER, JOSEPH A. MILLER, Jr. 

